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CHESTNUT 



General hue of twig sand branches 

 pale olive to brown; buds dis- 

 tichous, leaf -scars not flanked by 

 spines; leaves large, lanceolate, 

 dentate-serrate; flowers small, 

 greenish-yellow in stiff spikes; 

 fruit broivn chestnuts in prickly 

 cupule. 



Fig. 104. Castanea vesca, Chestnut. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, vertical 

 section through cluster of female flowers in their involucre; 3, trans- 

 verse section of ovary ; 4, a male flower ; 5, fruits in their involucre 

 (Wo). 



Castanea vesca, L. Chestnut (Figs. 104, 105). Large 



